JoAnn

I am a homeschooling mom of four wonderful blessings and Master Playologist with SimplyFun. I'm known for my distractedness, thus the title of my blog. It's about all of the distractions in life: those that are part of homeschooling, those that distract from our homeschooling day, and everything in between. I love everything that comes with staying at home and homeschooling the kids and wouldn't trade it for anything. I love helping others and hope to encourage parents to spend time connecting with and getting to know their kids better. You can find me on Facebook (HomeschoolDistractions or JoAnnsGames), Twitter (JoAnnsGames), and Perioscope (JoAnnsGames). You can also email me at fortheloveofshiny at gmail dot com.

Scott

Scott is my husband of 16 years. He is a wonderful father and avid supporter of homeschooling. He is the sole proprietor of IT Service Works, which he established to serve the IT needs of small businesses in the Tacoma area and beyond. If you need excellent and reliable IT support, contact him.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Getting a good picture of Madelynn is nearly, but not quite, impossible. Fortunately, being the cute little dumpling she is makes all photos of her cute no matter how bad of a photo it is. Still, it would be nice to get a good shot of her every now and then.

You see, she has issues with the flash. It doesn't matter whether you use the regular flash or the red eye, she is still likely to have her eyes closed in the photo. She takes after her mama, who has the same problem, just not as severely.

The other day, Scott was trying to get a good shot of her. The first few tries came out like this:

Then he got this:

Finally, she surrendered:

Here's one I tried to get yesterday. Madelynn looked adorable surrounded by Mika and Sam's Webkinz (yes, I know they have a few). It was the typical result:

Tonight, Scott was trying to get a photo of her, complete with a carrot-stained mouth. She looked hung over:

About an hour later, I tried to get a photo of Madelynn with her biggest fan:

When that didn't work, I tried a few more times before Josh was bored of it all:

Someday she'll outgrow this problem right? At least, we can get photos of her smiling. It's the eyes that are the problem.